It is important to be able to distinguish chronic stress from fatigue after a hard week. At the same time, you need to look not at a single day, but at the overall picture. If tension, anxiety, and fatigue persist for weeks and months, if even after the weekend you do not feel rested, this is already a reason to be alert.There are typical signs of chronic stress.
These are constant fatigue, difficulty falling asleep or shallow sleep, irritability, sharp mood swings, a feeling of internal tension in the body, muscle clamps, headaches, reduced concentration, and a desire to isolate yourself from people.
In other words, the symptoms of chronic stress appear simultaneously at the level of the body, emotions, and behavior.At the same time, the manifestations may differ in different people. The symptoms of chronic stress in women are often associated with mood swings, tearfulness, guilt, menstrual cycle disruptions, changes in weight, and an increase in premenstrual syndrome.
At the same time, the symptoms of chronic stress in men are more often manifested through irritability, outbursts of aggression, withdrawal into oneself, decreased libido, sleep problems, and craving for alcohol or work as a way to “not feel”. But these are not rigid boundaries, only typical tendencies.It is important not to ignore these signals.
The body is showing that it is not living in adaptation mode, but in constant stress mode, and its resources are gradually being depleted.











